FINALS WEEK!! 5 Tips To Survive!

Hello everyone!! It has been finals preparations for a couple of weeks now, and I'm sure the exhaustion is starting to wear and tear on our bodies and minds by now.

Story of our lives....

 So as an experienced Junior about to go into round 6 of finals (OMG I'M SOOOO OLD!), here are the top 5 tips for avoiding tearful breakdowns in the middle of class!

1. BREATHE!!! Yes there will be times where you may just want to quit and go back to bed and wake up next week, but this is the once a semester FIT ritual that is meant to really prepare you for the real world. Breathing has been proven to help you in the most stressful situations, so take a few deep breaths, let the blood flow slow, get some oxygen to the brain and create a finals week plan to map out your week.

Watch the BFA Fashion Show Live TONIGHT!!

The Future of Fashion, BFA Fashion Design show is tonight!! The seniors at FIT have been working all year for their moment in the spotlight, and tonight it has finally come!!

2010 brought great things....let's see what tonight brings!!

For the first time YOU ARE ALL INVITED!! View the fashion show stream online beginning at 7:30PM Eastern Standard Time. Check out last year's video and read more about this year's highlights, including the AMAZING judges and critics that volunteered their time!

An Open Letter To Our MS Followers

We MUST apologize for the extremely long delay. Our team not only had a long spring break, but also a 21st birthday, and we've been super busy helping Karl carve chocolate statues of Baptiste and Anna plan the big day at the Met last night!!

BUT WE'RE BACK!!

Designer Meet & Greet TONIGHT @ STYLE SHOP!!

It is FINALLY HERE!! We know you've all been looking forward to this event since last semesters great success, and tonight we bring you some the designers of some of Style Shop's absolutely amazing designer collections for both apparel and accessories/jewelry!

YAYAYAYAY!!

Here's a preview, on my FAVORITE designer CHABELLA!! (shhh don't tell the others)

The Full Report: Merchandising Society's 50th Anniversary!!

Thursday morning in the John E. Reeves Great Hall, at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the college's largest and most historic club celebrated it's 50th year anniversary in company of some of the industry's best and brightest, along with FIT faculty, MS members, both current and past alumni, and were honored to host the President of FIT as well, Dr. Joyce F. Brown.

A FANTASTIC crowd at the event Thursday!

Enjoy the historical video put together by the Historian team and some of the fun pictures I shot at the event!!

Shopaholic: Kate Spade Wedding Belles (and whistles)

Inspired by the NY Times Critical Shopper reviews, The Society will be introducing a new column entitled: Shopaholic, where we go ahead and give our own reviews to stores, introductory collections, new concepts, and all the brick and mortar establishments we love to shop!

I don't know if I'm more confused by the Top Hat or the dress that mannequin's wearing, or that POOF headband...

To kick things off I decided to stroll through SoHo today and discovered something quite interesting, Kate Spade's "bridal' collection. A great place to start I decided, until I actually went in and discovered how puzzling the whole concept actually is in-store!

Behind The Scenes @ The MS 50th Anniversary!!

This morning FIT was buzzing to celebrate the Merchandising Society's 50th Anniversary! Here is a little video preview of the kickoff to this mornings Breakfast Banquet!

Check out the reunion after the jump!

Enjoy the mini YouTube clip and stay tuned for updates later tonight!

Editorial: Up In The Air, For FGR

In a classic 40's inspired shoot, Fashion Gone Rogue takes it's own vision for an exclusive shoot in Cape Town, South Africa.

Always a fan of vintage beauty, always.

Styled by Cally Palmer and Cristal Birch, Anastasia Yakunina and Leandro Sorice model some vintage looks from Chanel, Hermes, and plenty of stylist's own classics.

THE MERCHANDISING SOCIETY TURNS FIFTY TODAY!!

Happy anniversary to the LARGEST and OLDEST club on campus, The Merchandising Society!!! FIFTY AND FABULOUS!!

The current Executive Board and a lot more members of the Merchandising Society have been working in cooperation with a lot of FIT faculty to put together an INCREDIBLE event this morning!!

Nordstrom's Charity Shop to Be Named Treasure & Bond

Back in October it was reported that Nordstrom had leased out 350 West Broadway for what would be a charitable retail concept shop, and now it has officially been named Treasure & Bond. TradeMarkia has reported that Nordstrom was officially issued the trademark for the name of the retail store.

Pretty fancy location for the charitable concept!

What exactly will be sold?